Hardware merchandising March-June 1917 . artment of the hard-ware store this fact equally applies. Considerable inconvenience has beencaused the motorist during re-cent years, in being unable to securesmall repair parts while touring through country places, and many cases havecome to notice where matters wouldhave been greatly facilitated had thelocal hardware dealer stocked a fewspark plugs, cement patches, or othersuch small accessories. The necessityfor stocking actual automobile parts isnot so great where the business has notbeen developed sufficiently to warrantthe opening of a garage, fo
Hardware merchandising March-June 1917 . artment of the hard-ware store this fact equally applies. Considerable inconvenience has beencaused the motorist during re-cent years, in being unable to securesmall repair parts while touring through country places, and many cases havecome to notice where matters wouldhave been greatly facilitated had thelocal hardware dealer stocked a fewspark plugs, cement patches, or othersuch small accessories. The necessityfor stocking actual automobile parts isnot so great where the business has notbeen developed sufficiently to warrantthe opening of a garage, for it is sel-dom that the transient motorist takes itinto his head to instal a new carburetor,or to change the actual machinery ofhis car unless its working order hasbeen impaired to such an extent as torender it useless, in which case it isnecessary to turn the car into a has been proved, however, that a pro-fitable accessory business can be workedup by the introduction of only the light-er classes of accessories such as gaso-. A yood representative display of staple selling lines. 58 HARDW A RE AND M ETAL April 7, 1917. BIG INCREASE IN MOTOR LICENSES That motoring is enjoying a strong run of popularity both fromthe standpoint of pleasure and necessity, is the conclusion based onthe figures compiled by the Automobile License Department ofOntario, which show an approximate increase in the number oflicenses issued to date of about 18 per cent, over the issuance last year. In 1916 there were approximately 55,000 licenses issued for auto-mobiles in Ontario, and from all appearances it is estimated by offi-cials that this number will be exceeded in 1917 by about 10,000licenses. The date for the renewal of licenses expired on February15, hut many cars are still remaining in storage and are under nopenalty to renew until they are wanted for use. In renewing licensesmany of the larger dealers state that their expectations are for a largeincrease in the sale of automobiles dur
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